''Ali's Eight Days'' ( tr, Ali'nin Sekiz Günü) is a 2009 Turkish
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
, written and directed by
Cemal Şan Cemal is the Turkish spelling of the Arabic masculine given name Jamal (Arabic: جَمَال jamāl) which means "beauty, charm".
People named Cemal include:
First name
* Cemal Erçman (1896–?), Turkish weightlifter
* Cemal Nalga (born 1987), ...
, starring
Serdar Orçin as a young shop owner who falls in love with a woman escaping from an abusive relationship. The film, which went on nationwide general release across Turkey on , was shown at the
20th Ankara International Film Festival. It is the final part of a trilogy of films which includes ''
Zeynep's Eight Days'' (2007) and ''
Dilber's Eight Days
''Dilber's Eight Days'' ( tr, Dilber'in Sekiz Günü) is a 2008 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Cemal Şan, starring Nesrin Cevadzade as a young village woman who leaves with a stranger after being spurned by her lover. The film, which ...
'' (2008).
Production
The film was shot on location in
Istanbul
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,
Turkey
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.
References
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2000s Turkish-language films
2009 drama films
2009 films
Films set in Turkey
Turkish drama films
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